
A Piece of the World
Mildred Walker(Author)
Bison Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
218 pages
978-0-8032-9823-1 (ISBN)
Description
When Calder Bailey's parents divorce and her mother needs some time to put her house in order, Calder is dismayed to learn that she's expected to leave her California neighborhood to stay with her grandmother in Weldon, a village in Vermont. When Calder discovers a mysterious rock, an enormous green and strangely shaped serpentine boulder in the deep woods above town, she is drawn into friendships with Walt, a boy whose family owns the rock and the property it sits on, and with Mr. Cooley, an elderly traveler and retired professor of geology staying at the local inn. These friendships are tested, as is Calder's delicate sense of belonging, when it becomes apparent that Walt's ailing father, Calder's grandmother, a rich out-of-towner, and the Weldon Development Society all have plans for the boulder. A sensitive story about the small and large accommodations of getting along in life, growing up, and finding a place to call one's own, A Piece of the World possesses the quiet intensity and lasting charm of Mildred Walker's best work.
Reviews / Votes
"You are either a Mildred Walker enthusiast or you are missing one of the best writers on the American scene."-Philadelphia InquirerMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Nebraska
United States
Publishing group
University of Nebraska Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illus.
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-9823-1 (9780803298231)
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Person
Mildred Walker was immediately recognized for her first novel, Fireweed, in 1934. Walker went on to write numerous novels, including The Curlew's Cry, The Body of a Young Man, and Winter Wheat, all available in Bison Books editions.